Muscogee County School District releases its first report of COVID-19 cases
Two students tested positive for COVID-19 in the Muscogee County School District during the first week of in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
MCSD made the announcement in a news release Monday.
The two active cases, reported to MCSD Sept. 14-18, are out of 30,772 enrolled students. MCSD also has 15 students in quarantine or isolation. Although none of the 5,175 employees is among the active cases, 17 of them are in quarantine or isolation, according to MCSD.
The school district plans to update the information each Monday. It is posted on MCSD’s COVID-19 website.
“Totals within each data set reflect active cases reported to the District within the specified week of each report,” the news release says. “Student cases account for both in-person and virtual instruction models. All active cases are monitored in coordination with the Department of Public Health to prevent the spread of illness.”
After conducting the first month of the fall semester with online-only classes, MCSD is implementing its choice model, allowing families to select in-person classes or remaining with virtual instruction.
In the first phase of the reopening, which started Sept. 14, students whose families chose in-person instruction in prekindergarten through second grade, sixth grade, ninth grade and self-contained special-education classes have returned to their school buildings.
The second phase of the reopening started Monday, so all students whose families chose in-person instruction could return then. Approximately 42% of the students who have a declaration on file selected in-person classes, MCSD superintendent David Lewis told the Ledger-Enquirer in an email.
Total enrolled students | 30,772 |
Student positive cases | 2 |
New student self-quarantine or isolation cases | 15 |
Total employees | 5,175 |
Employee positive cases | 0 |
New employee self-quarantine or isolation cases | 17 |
This story was originally published September 21, 2020 at 4:31 PM.
